When All The World Sleeps (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
I don't really know what to say. I can't tell if this was a good book or not.All I know is it was so nerve-wracking that my stomach was in knots and I just wanted to cuddle my cat. I don't need book to help me feel like shit. Life is already nerve-wracking.So it wasn't really my thing. It was like watching a really tense thriller or a horror movie and I hate those. Because they make my gut churns and all I want is to feel good. Or hope to feel good at some point.The characters doesn't grow-up, nothing really change. There is no evolution. Yeah, okay, they have a relationship so Daniel is more or less controlled and doesn't go outside the night but nothing, and I mean NOTHING is resolved. Daniel is still the same. Still so passive, submissive, fearful and so full of rage. I wanted him to work on his problems. He still doesn't know how to be honest with his feelings and fix his problems when he's awake. JUST EXPRESS YOURSELF DUDE. Yeah, a relationship sure will feel good and help him but fuck, his problems are so deep it's not enough. He's a fucking ticking bomb.So, yeah. It was fucking nerve-wracking and there wasn't even some pressure released. *sigh*It was just way too tense for me, I need kittens, rainbows, unicorns and some chocolate for a few days. Urgh, I have a stomachache. Thanks, book. You were depressing. I've been sitting on this review for weeks because I don't know how to say anything that would manage to accurately convey how much I need people to read this book. This, ugh, it just. It hits SO MANY of my kinks, and not in the BDSM way (though that was hot as fuck, too, and well-written, don't get me wrong). Emotional kinks. The fact that Bel chooses Daniel at the end of everything, and that he's willing to stick out the town's backlash and take a chance on Bel not being what everyone thinks he is GETS TO ME. Bel pulling apart the layers of the mythical Daniel Whitlock, seeing the man--boy, really--underneath what people had built him up to be . . . It's enough to give me shivers. I was up all night finishing this because the climax is ridiculously intense.Also, kudos to Lisa and J.A. for NAILING the small-town atmosphere. Damn, guys. Good stuff. I dunno, I said this wasn't going to be eloquent. 10/10, would recommend. A lot. Read it.
What do You think about When All The World Sleeps (2014)?
4.5 stars, brilliant writing of one hell of a story about an extremely mixed up guy.
—beth
